Need help on a physical optics question
Hi, Everybody
Having been an optician 38 years with college training, one would think I could at least know the source for the answer to this question since it is related to physical optics. Nah...not a chance! And, Google isn't coughing up a simple answer. So, here goes. Your help would be appreciated.
I have been involved in the development of some coatings (not optical) that are UV curable. These coatings are being applied to surfaces and are antimicrobial with the properties of UV curability. However, application of the coatings typically require some heating to a gel state and then zapped with UV curing lights. We are seeing that flame application provides some benefits of portability conventional systems don't have. The flame is fueled by oxygen combined with hydrogen, nitrogen, propane or acetylene. When so doing, UV light is given off and we see the coating cure just as well in 3 - 8 seconds. However, I am unable to find a source (reference) that lists the spectral properties of the ignited gas in order to substantiate the theory. If you can help with a source or answer to the UV emission properties of those gases, I would really appreciate it. If you prefer, you can send your thoughts to my email at: AlanW@alamoprotechtacoat.com
Thanks and Blessings,
Alan W
coating that is a total sealer ..............
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Bottom line is a considerable lowering of costs to the consumer with no change in physical properties.
Hi Alan,
Very interesting....................
20 years ago with the help of a McGill University chemistry professor we came up with coating that is a total sealer and protects fully against oxidation, chemical attacks and more.
At that time I had bought a antique US Army regulation bugle in an antique store somewhere out in the country, that was all black and green from oxidation over a hundred years or more. I cleaned it up real good and put the stuff on.............and it never oxidized anymore just lost some of it's luster 20 years later.
However its not UV cure..............its humidity cure
I ain't holding my breath.................
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.............according to these university dudes, when they are finished looking down deep into the holes with their holographic interferometry and stuff . . . all should be at peace with the frame world. But, Dude . . . . I ain't holding my breath. Rock on!
alan
interesting....................my stuff actually works on frames, prevents pitting and delamination..................and on plastic frames the damage done by facial acids................. which Chip's clear varnish can't do. (bugle is not marked which way it was blowing at the time, but still works fine to blow into a bedroom boat hatch on a large boat at 6 am after a party) :D
Can I watch when you do it. .................
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Pretty Pleez, Oh, Pleez, Uncle Chris.
Can I watch when you do it.
Alan, You'r so funny....................and polite, I can't refuse you watching.